November 21, 2001
The Center for Global Development was launched with a lunch reception and panel discussion.
January 12, 2002
CGD hosted a book presentation by William Easterly, author of The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics in discussion with Ricardo Hausmann, Professor of Economic Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
February 2, 2002
CGD hosted a movie presentation: The Marshall Plan: Against the Odds.
February 26, 2002
In the run-up to the UN Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico, CGD hosted a two-part conference. Part One was Financing for Development: Regional Challenges and the Regional Development Banks. Part Two was New Proposals On Financing For Development.
March 15, 2002
The Center hosted a movie presentation: Patient Abuse: South Africa's Struggle for AIDS Treatment.
April 1, 2002
Center for Global Development non-resident fellow and professor at the Kennedy School of Government Lant Pritchett and Harvard University Professor Michael Woolcock presented "Solutions when the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development."
April 28, 2002
The Center for Global Development and the Institute for International Economics launched the new book, Delivering on Debt Relief: From IMF Gold to a New Aid Architecture by Nancy Birdsall and John Williamson with Brian Deese.
May 1, 2002
The Center hosted a photo exhibit - A Broken Landscape: HIV & AIDS in Africa. The evening included a discussion with Paul Kwengwere Program Support Director, ActionAid Malawi; and Paul Ehmer, Global Bureau of Health, USAID.
June 1, 2002
The Center hosted a conference entitiled "Washington Contentious: Issues in Global and Domestic Inequity." This event was co-sponsored with the Inter-American Dialogue and featured Bolivian President Jorge Quiroga Ramírez as keynote speaker.
September 30, 2002
On September 30, 2002, the Center for Global Development hosted a roundtable discussion on "The Millennium Challenge Account: A New Model For Increased Aid Effectiveness?"
November 1, 2002
The Center hosted "Investing in Peace: How Development Aid Can Prevent or Promote Conflict" with author Robert J. Muscat.
November 14, 2002
Shang-Jin Wei, of the Brookings Institution and the International Monetary Fund presented "Transparency and International Investor Behavior."
December 3, 2002
The Center hosted "Making the News - Inspiring Views: How the Media Educates and Inspires Us About International Development."
January 8, 2003
CGD and John Snow, Inc. (JSI) convened the conference HIV/AIDS in Africa: What Works to highlight successful strategies in response to the growing HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa.
January 28, 2003
Peter Lanjouw and Berk Özler of the World Bank research department presented a new method for combining survey and census data to estimate income inequality at the local level in developing countries -- an exercise known as 'poverty mapping'.
February 24, 2003
The Center for Global Development, in conjunction with the Inter-American Development Bank, and with generous support from the Tinker Foundation and the Asian Development Bank, examined the impacts of privatization on the poor. Initial findings were presented in a two-day conference in Washington, on February 24-25, 2003.
March 15, 2003
Tito Cordella and Giovanni Dell'Ariccia of the International Monetary Fund presented, "Conditional Aid, Sovereign Debt, and Debt Relief."
April 22, 2003
David Dollar, research manager for the macroeconomics and growth team at the World Bank Research Department presented, "Investment climate and firm performance in developing economies."
April 29, 2003
The Center for Global Development (CGD) and Foreign Policy Magazine (FP) launched the Commitment to Development Index. The Index rates rich countries' contributions to global development through measures of their aid, trade, migration, investment, peacekeeping, and environmental policies.
May 13, 2003
Alan Gelb and Todd Moss of the World Bank Africa Region group presented " The World Bank's New Strategy for Africa. "
May 15, 2003
The Center hosted a Development Matters event on the likely outcome and development implications of Iraq's debt.
May 22, 2003
CGD launched the new book, Challenging Foreign Aid: A Policymaker's Guide to the Millennium Challenge Account, by CGD Senior Fellow Steve Radelet.
May 27, 2003
The Center hosted a presentation about results-based aid management by Keiichiro Nakazawa, Director of Development Assistance Operations Evaluation Office for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
June 13, 2003
CGD hosted a Development Matters event featuring the Gateway Ambassadors (GA) of Ghana. The GA gave a rousing performance of song and spoken word.
July 8, 2003
Simeon Djankov of the World Bank presented "The World Bank's 'Doing Business' Indicators and Their Implications for IDA Funding."
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